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No. 367,008. Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES JESSE T. MABBEY, OF FOREST, OHIO,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL ASIRE, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILROAD-CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,008, dated July 19.1887.

Serial No. 231,998. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEssE T. MABBEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Forest, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailroadCrossings;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it apro pertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements inrailroad crossings, having for its object to provide means simple inconstruction, whereby one road can be permitted to cross the other atany desired angle without interfering with the rails and bed of saidlatter track; and it consists in the detailed construction,combination,and arrangement of the parts,substantially as hereinafter fully setforth, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention,showing parts thereof in dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation.

In carrying out my invention I secure on the upper surfaces of ties aof, say, a main road or line, A, ties or sleepers a aa the two formerbeing secured close up against the baseplates of the rails of said mainline, and the tie or sleeper a between said ties to, as shown, thepurpose of which will appear farther on.

B B are two similarly-constructed rail-sections, having each additionalupper and lower flanges, b b, and between the threadof each of theserail-sections and the additional flange b, running parallel therewith,is passed a nutted bolt, the same being passed upwardly from the underside of the tie or sleeper a through an aperture formed therein,andafterbein g passed through a similar aperture in the center oftherail-section is secured by means ofan ordinary nut, which rests in thespace formed between the rail and the parallel flange. The ends of theupper portions of the treads of the rails and the parallel flanges ofeach rail-section proo ject a short distance, so as to fit over and'ontop of the tread of the rails of the main road,

as will appear farther on. These two railseclions are connected togetherby means of arms or cross-bars I) b, pivotally secured at their ends bymeans of bolts passed through apertures in the flanges b and the arms,the purpose of which securing will soon be apparent. Small base-platekeepers [fare disposed on opposite sides of each rail-section, near eachend thereof, and to the outer side of one of the rail-sections B issecured a rightangular plate, 0, the lower horizontal portion of whichis apertured.

D D are two arms pivotally secured at their outer ends, one D, by meansof a united bolt passed through the aperture in the right-angular plate0, and the other, D, by means ofa nutted bolt passed through a platesecured to a tie of the main road. The inner connecting ends of thesearms are pivotally connected one to the other, and to one end ofa longarm,E,the other end of which arm E is secured ona projeetion or stud ofa right-angular plate, d, attached near the lower end of a hingedpost,E, secured by its hinges to a stationary post, F, disposed a shortdistance from and to one side of the main track. To the upper end ofthis hinged post is secured the inner end ofa horizontally-disposed rod,f, which carries a signal board or lantern,f, designed in practice tohang at about the center of the main track.

In the drawings I have shown short sections of the ends of the rails g gof the cross-road G, which, it will be seen, are so disposed as to comeon a line slightly above the tread of the rails of the main line, andare additionally secured or braced in position by means of sleepers G,secured on the ties of the main line against the tracks thereof. Theseends of the rails have additional flanged portions, 9, to serve to guidethe wheels of the passing cars in either passing on or off therail-sections;

From what has been said it will be seen that the rail-sections and theends of the rails of the crossroad are so disposed as to be elevatedabove the tracks of the main line, so as to permit the projecting upperportions of the railsections to fit over and upon the rails of the mainline; and in this disposition lies the main feature of myinvention,whereby a crossing is provided which in nowise interferes withthe tracks or bed of the main line.

In practice, when the tracksections are in the position shown in fulllines, Fig. 1, the signal board orlantern will be hanging over the mainline, so as to give notice, to an approaching train on'such line thatthe other or cross-track is in use; and when it is desired to move saidsection so as to free the rails of the main 1ine,the same is eii'ectedby drawing, by means of a pivoted arm or rope, f, the rod [0 f around toa point atright angles to its former position, so as to cause thesignalto hang over the cross-road, to give notice of the fact that themain road is in use.

In drawing the pivoted arm, as above stated, the turning of the hingedpost will draw the long arm, which in turn will pull on r the shortarms, and by reason of the connection of one of said arms to one oftherail-sections the latter are caused to turn on their central pivots andoccupy the. position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. i I

It will be seen that when the rail-sections are set in position they aresecurely held as against displacement by the base-plate keepers, beforedescribed.

My invention can be employed in connection with any crossing-line, nomatter at what angle the same strikes the main line,- and when thecross-line 'is not at an exact right angle, of course it is notnecessary to impart to the rail-sections the same amount of movement toaccomplish the desired end.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure-by Letters Patent, is'

1. In a railroad-crossing, the combination, with the main road, of thecentrally-pivoted rail-sections having upper flanges or PI'OJGClJ- ingends, the right-angular apertured plate,

secured to one of said sections,,the pivotal \Vitness'es:

JosErH THELAN, CHARLES H. Ronenns.

